Only in the mystery novel are we delivered final a... -Scott Turow

Only in the mystery novel are we delivered final and unquestionable solutions. The joke to me is that fiction gives you a truth that reality can't deliver.

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People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller....

Americans have grown a great deal more realistic about lawyers and the law. I think that's all for the good. A lot of people will say to you these day...

I'm a computer guy, and one of the things I did with the good fortune that 'Presumed Innocent' brought me was to buy one of the very first laptop comp...

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Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed...

I trained as a writer before I became a lawyer. I was headed for a life as an English professor, but that just wasn't me. I'm not a scholar; I didn't ...

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Only in the mystery novel are we delivered final and unquestionable solutions. The joke to me is that fiction gives you a truth that reality can't del...

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure....

The truth is, bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of good things, too. We adapt very quickly to either....

A sincere seeker knows what his goal is: the highest Truth. He will not delay his journey. In spiritual life, we aspire for the highest Truth, for God...

Portray the world for what it is, and you will find truth....

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters....

When you are living your truth, you will meet people who love you for that truth....

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world....

If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves o...

If anyone offers conjectures about the truth of things from the mere possibility of hypotheses, I do not see by what stipulation anything certain can ...